Nahida Akter (born 2 March 2000) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. She is a right handed

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and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She made her

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in international matches against Pakistan in a T20 match on 30 September 2015. In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won their first ever Women's Asia Cup title, winning the

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tournament. Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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tournament in Scotland. She was the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tournament, with ten dismissals in five matches. In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the

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. The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal. In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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in Australia. In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the

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tournament in Zimbabwe. Later the same month, in Bangladesh's third match against Zimbabwe, she took her first five-wicket haul in WODI cricket. In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. In Bangladesh's second match of the tournament, against Kenya, she took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is, with five wickets for twelve runs. Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the

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in New Zealand.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akter, Nahida Living people 2000 births Bangladeshi women cricketers Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers Bangladesh women One Day International cricketers South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in cricket Barisal Division women cricketers Northern Zone women cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)